ArticleBMC endocrine disorders2020
Walkability and its association with prevalent and incident diabetes among adults in different regions of Germany: results of pooled data from five German cohorts.
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- Pavements to Longevity: The Influence of Neighborhood Walkability on Mortality in Taiwan.Environmental health perspectives · 2025Article
- The role of neighborhood inequalities on diabetes prevention care: a mini-review.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2023Review
- Impact of land use and food environment on risk of type 2 diabetes: A national study of veterans, 2008-2018.Environmental research · 2022Article
- Neighborhood Greenspace and Socioeconomic Risk are Associated with Diabetes Risk at the Sub-neighborhood Scale: Results from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Article
- Neighbourhood Walkability and Risk of Diabetes: Causal Relationship or Epidemiologic Association?Current diabetes reports · 2021Review
- A Nonlinear Association between Neighborhood Walkability and Risks of Sarcopenia in Older Adults.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundHighly walkable neighbourhoods may increase transport-related and leisure-time physical activity and thus decrease the risk for obesity and obesity-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D).
methodsWe investigated the association between walkability and prevalent/incident T2D in a pooled sample from five German cohorts. Three walkability measures were assigned to participant's addresses: number of transit stations, points of interest, and impedance (restrictions to walking due to absence of intersections and physical barriers) within 640 m. We estimated associations between walkability and prevalent/incident T2D with modified Poisson regressions and adjusted for education, sex, age at baseline, and cohort.
resultsOf the baseline 16,008 participants, 1256 participants had prevalent T2D. Participants free from T2D at baseline were followed over a mean of 9.2 years (SD: 3.5, minimum: 1.6, maximum: 14.8 years). Of these, 1032 participants developed T2D. The three walkability measures were not associated with T2D. The estimates pointed toward a zero effect or were within 7% relative risk increase per 1 standard deviation with 95% confidence intervals including 1.
conclusionIn the studied German settings, walkability differences might not explain differences in T2D.
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